Coiled intragastric member for treating obesity

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A - Human Necessities

61

F

A61F 5/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2634614

An apparatus and method comprising at least one intragastric member comprising a curvilinear axis which extends about and along a central axis of an intragastric device or artificial bezoar made of a digestive-resistant or substantially indigestible material that is introduced into the gastric lumen of a mammal for the treatment of obesity. One or more intragastric members are loaded onto an outer delivery tube in a partially compacted first configuration and delivered to an overtube. The overtube includes a proximal end, a distal end and a main lumen configured to receive the intragastric member in the first configuration for delivery to the gastric lumen wherein the intragastric member is expanded to a second configuration.

La présente invention concerne un appareil et un procédé comprenant au moins un membre intragastrique composé d'un axe curvilinéaire qui se déploie autour et le long d'un axe central d'un dispositif intragastrique ou d'un bézoard artificiel fait de matière résistante à l'ingestion ou substantiellement indigestible introduite dans la lumière gastrique d'un mammifère pour le traitement de l'obésité. Au moins un des membres intragastriques est installé sur un tube d'administration externe dans une première configuration partiellement compactée et administré à une enveloppe tubulaire. Cette enveloppe comprend une extrémité proximale, une extrémité distale et une lumière principale configurées pour recevoir le membre intragastrique dans la première configuration d'administration à la lumière gastrique, selon laquelle ce membre est déployé vers une seconde configuration.

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